Brilliantly written, well laid out and full of fascinating information on the science of Psychology. Designed to be read by the lay reader it offers insights into why people behave the way they do and think how they do. An easy book to hop straight to what interests the reader, I would recommend that it is read in its entirety. Well done the authors. Thank you to Netgalley, the publishers and of course the authors.

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Psychology: 50 Essential Ideas by Emily Ralls & Tom Collins
- discusses key ideas including prejudice and discrimination, social cognition, how we develop attitudes and why and how we fall in love, with reference to the people who developed these ideas.

This was a very informative and interesting read. The book explores popular and important psychological theories and studies throughout the decades and provides condensed yet thorough details, such as their relevance, their findings, their benefits in understanding human behaviour and even their biases or flaws. I was very invested and intrigued throughout. I particularly enjoyed the sections on illusions, the brains of sociopaths, and the one about animal behaviour (especially the details about Clever Hans, the horse who solved math problems by studying human body language, so fascinating!). I learned some things and was never bored. If you are interested in the human mind and some of the studies conducted in trying to understand the human mind, then I definitely recommend. Remember, it is a condensed version of the, I guess, most influential studies and theories throughout. All your pressing psychological questions will not be answered, but I would say it is a good starting point.,

Thank you to NetGalley, Arcturus Publishing and the authors for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
4/5

A very good (and brief) survey of the history and current state of psychology today perfect for anyone interested in a basic understanding in how we learn and process events/inputs. Each chapter is a specific idea and is generally organized chronologically so that you can see how our understanding evolved and perhaps realize how much we still don’t know. It begins with Introspection (Wilheim Wundt) which attempted to move the study of the mind away from its previous philosophical foundations (such as dualism) and into a more scientific or experimental exploration despite the “black box” nature of what they were observing and the tension between only measuring individual elements what can be seen (structuralism) and postulating a response that could be predicted by controlling inputs (functionalism). Eventually you come to realism that there are basic truths in most of these approaches, yet none of them give us anything close to a unified theory of the mind …

I was given this free advance review copy (ARC) ebook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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This was a really quick and interesting introduction into psychology and the key ideas/theories that underpin thr principle. I took psychology in A level so I knew some of them but there were a lot that I didn't know so I learnt a lot from the book and it has definitely ignited my interest to look more into it.